SP Escudero - Savings at ‘di nagagamit na pondo ng DepEd, pwedeng pampuno sa kinaltas na budget nito

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Bilang pampuno sa kinaltas na budget ng Education Department, maaari umanong gamitin ang savings at ang hindi nito nagamit na pondo simula 2023. Iginiit ‘yan ni Senate President Chiz Escudero sa gitna ng pagpunto ng ilan na edukasyon ang dapat may pinakamalaking laang pondo mula sa gobyerno, tutol naman ang ilang kongresista sa panukalang ipatawag ang bicam para plantsahin ang isyu.

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00:00As a supplementary to the budget approved by the Education Department,

00:04the savings and non-used funds can be used from 2023.

00:12Senate President Chiza Escudero said that

00:15in the middle of some points of education,

00:19the funds from the government should be the largest.

00:22Some congressmen agreed to call for a buy-cam

00:27to alleviate the issue raised by Ma'am Gonzales.

00:36As a supplementary to the budget approved by the Education Department,

00:38President Bongbong Marcos promised

00:41that he will find a way to fill the gap

00:44but not through line-item veto power.

00:47Senate President Chiza Escudero said

00:50that there are a lot of savings and non-used funds

00:52from 2023 and this year

00:55that can be used to cover more than 11.5 billion pesos

01:00in the 2025 budget of the Education Department.

01:03If we look at it, from 2022 to 2024,

01:0770% of the more than 51 billion pesos

01:09for the computerization program of DepEd was not used.

01:13That's why it can be understood

01:14why the allocation of the Congress for 2025 was like that.

01:18DepEd and Secretary Angara should know this

01:22because they were the ones who reported to the Congress

01:24in the middle of the budget deliberations

01:26about the dismal utilization

01:28or improper use of DepEd funds.

01:31Senator Aimee Marcos has a question.

01:33In the event that there are savings,

01:35it can be added.

01:36But it's a big if.

01:39Are there really savings?

01:40In the amount, in the huge amount

01:44that was allocated to the program,

01:46are we really sure?

01:48We are not sure.

01:49Meanwhile, our crisis in education,

01:52there is no doubt about that.

01:54But more than going back to the dismal budget of DepEd,

01:58the provision of the Constitution should be followed

02:01that states that the sector of education

02:03has the highest priority in the budget.

02:05It came out that it is higher

02:07than the more than P900 billion budget

02:09for the entire education sector

02:11that was allocated to the Department of Public Works and Highways

02:14that reached more than P1 trillion pesos.

02:17Senator Migzubiri said

02:19that the President can call the BICAM again

02:22to fix this.

02:23But some of the BICAM members

02:26do not agree with this.

02:27I don't think there's any need

02:29for us to reconvene as a BICAM

02:31because we've already ratified it in both chambers,

02:34so in both the Senate and in both the House.

02:37So we're very satisfied with the versions

02:40on what will be the move of the executive

02:43within this time until the signing.

02:46So let's just wait.

02:47The President can or may exercise his veto powers.

02:52For GMA Integrated News,

02:54Mav Gonzales reporting for 24 Hours.

02:57The Department of Education has an answer

02:59to the statement of Senate President Cheese Escudero

03:02that there are a lot of savings

03:03and the government is not using funds.

03:06DepEd said that the budget of P32 billion pesos

03:10for their computerization program

03:12from 2022 to 2024

03:15P28.5 billion pesos or 89% of the fund

03:19has already been spent on other things.

03:22This is contrary to what Escudero said

03:24that 70% of the more than P51 billion pesos fund

03:27has not been used,

03:29so they can use P11.5 billion pesos

03:33in their 2025 budget.

03:45For more stories, visit nyseagrant.org

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